“There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.”
-Steve Maraboli
We are only human, right?
Yes. Yes, in every sense of the word....we are imperfect, incomplete, constantly changing and absolutely where we should be.
I think this is something that we need to embrace more often.
I have found myself getting caught up in the, "I need to....", "I should be...", "By next year, I must have..."....
Who on earth said that we need to figure everything out all the time? Who is the power that makes us believe that we must be in control of everything in our lives at all times?
We cannot have total control. We will never have total control. The best way to gain control over our lives is so release the desire to always be in control. In doing so, we will have peace because we will accept the changes that are going to happen. We have no choice but to wake up every day accepting and finding solace in the fact that those scary, unexpected, unwanted changes will undoubtedly happen.
....and perhaps- just maybe- they aren't so scary, after all.
You see, when we prepare ourselves to be at peace with the changes, they don't seem as challenging. Our minds and bodies are ready for them. Rather than searching for the answers all of the time, we need to search for the humbleness and security in breathing in all of those chaotic moments, letting them course through our muscles and our brains....and then release. Remember that difficult times will not take away our spirit if we do not let them take over our lives. Drop them to the ground like a dead weed. We need to face the weeds in our lives so we can remove them and make room for a beautiful and colorful and fragrant garden of opportunity.
Pull out your weeds and let them go today. We can do it together.
